Step 2: Assemble the Screen Frame and Do a Dry Run Without the Screen Material
Next, you will want to lay out some large blankets to cover the area where you will assemble the screen frame. Frame assembly will vary by brand, but most of them have 4 pieces that attach together that hold the screen material. Unpack your screen, put the material in a safe place, then assemble the frame.
This is the point where you will need a helper for all of the next steps as most screens are too large for one person to handle safely.
The first step is to find where the center of the screen needs to be on your wall. Put a piece of painter's tape on the wall and use a level to make a vertical line for your center. Then put a piece of painter's tape on the frame of your screen at its center and put a mark at the exact center. You will then line these up to get it perfectly centered.
How the screen will hang on the wall will also vary by brand, but most of them have you mount pieces on the wall first the screen will either hang or mount to. You will need to look at your hanging hardware and figure out how far off the floor it needs to be to have your screen material at the right height that you calculated in step one.
This can typically be done by attaching the mounts to the frame while it is still on the floor. Measure from the holes where the screws will go in the mounts down to the bottom of where the screen material will be. You can then add that number to the height at the bottom of the screen will be off the ground and that will give you the exact height from the floor to your drill holes for the mounts.
Either use drywall anchors that are rated to support the weight of the screen, or line these mounts up with studs in your wall hang and the hardware on your wall. It’s important to use a laser level or long level to make sure your mounts are perfectly level and even with each other.
Now hang the frame on the mounts and move to the next step.